MakerClub BrightSparks Nominated at Tech4Good Awards 2017!

The MakerClub BrightSparks programme has been nominated at this years 2017 Tech4Good Awards – it’s a tremendous achievement that puts us in the same company as previous winners like, Professor Stephen Hawking, Code Club ActionAid, and founder of Wikipedia, Jimmy Wales!

But, we need your help…

What is BrightSparks?

BrightSparks is a programme that helps give kids from low-income families the chance to learn life-changing technology skills. We partner with local digital companies in close proximity to our MakerClub spaces and ask them to provide sponsorship and volunteer support in-club over a period of 12 months.

We do this because we believe that all kids should have access to a clear learning pathway around creative technology. The digital sector represents a way out of poverty to many of these kids and MakerClub is a great headstart

It’s win/win, with digital companies helping their community while improving their own talent pipeline, and BrightSparks kids get weekly mentorship and access to the awesome tech equipment where they can make their inventions a reality.

So far, we have over 20 companies involved, including:

Propellernet

UNITY

gene

Ribot

Madgex

Advice Cloud

Chirp

Barclays

ClearLeft

ThisisDrum

Xoom Talk

FutureLab

Brilliant Noise

Ocasta Studios

Pragmatic

DapApps

Cloud Helix

Jollywise

OurFutureCity

If you’d like more info, head over to the BrightSparks page for more details about how you can get involved.